Tag: James Belfield Editorial
And an app-y new year
Remember, remember the fifth of November… Remember? For Waiheke’s Kate Tomson, she can’t forget it.
Because that’s the day she came face-to-face with the harsh...
Time to take back control
It’s far better to beg forgiveness than have to ask permission – that’s the Waiheke way.
Or so I’ve heard more than a few times...
Endangered species
Little hones the mind as to humanity’s precarious position on this Earth quite so much as a raging pandemic and science’s desperate quest for...
A sense of perspective
They were there about to board the bus at the top of Goodwin Ave – masked and be-suitcased, travel cards at the ready. Round...
Electric trucks and deadly waste
Early Wednesday morning, an Isuzu NQR rolled off the ferry at Kennedy Point – a rather prosaic moment for what’s quite a pioneering achievement for...
Compound interest
I’ve got a lot of time for John Campbell.
He might take an extraoooordinary time to produce some of his remaaaarkable questions in that rich,...
A dose of healthy competition
The America’s Cup has suddenly sailed over the horizon.
This past week has seen a notable rise in coverage, from Team New Zealand vogue-ing for...
The butterfly effect
orce of nature.
Full disclosure, she was once upon a time my landlady – but more importantly for this story, she’s the reason why you...
The law of averages
It’s not easy being told you’re average – but there it is in black and white.
46.7. That’s me.
Smack bang in the middle of page...
Shifting ground
The tanker driver’s withering smirk didn’t require a response.
Regular readers may recall his last water delivery coincided with the heavy downpours which broke summer’s...